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I'm a little upset we are now without a $1000 ($999) introductory-level Apple notebook. Even though it was gloriously underpowered, it still presented an entry

• greedo 8y ago
  Expect to see the 12" Macbook canned pretty soon.
• IkmoIkmo 8y ago
  I mean, it's still for sale, the original Macbook Air, it's just a horribly outdated machine now. It's got a 5th generation (2015) CPU, 128 PPI (what), and bezels as thick as your thumb. It's still a great little thing, the battery life is just great for ordinary casual use. It's thin... but I feel it belongs in 2013, was still nice for a few years after, but approaching 2019 this thing should have gotten a real replacement. And replacing it with something $200 more expensive (that itself is quite similar to the 12 inch Macbook anyway, which caters to a higher-end casual-user segment), when the air is supposed to be a cheap entry-level product for the lower-end casual-user segment like students... Can't say I like it. It feels we didn't get a replacement for relatively cheap entry level Macbook Air, but rather got a new expensive alternative to the expensive Macbook. If they dropped the original Air and dropped this price down to $1100 next year, I think that'd be okay. But really I was hoping for another $1000 Air. And I don't see it happening. $1200 will be the new normal for a modern entry level Apple machine.